- 11,930
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I get what you're saying and he has tipped his pitches in the past before (which has actually worked) but I don't agree that this was a case of that. In hindsight, I think it's easy to say he was an idiot for doing what he did, but he just moreso made a mistake down the middle, even if the hitter was "alert." Also, Ramon has great numbers against him too, so if anything he just guessed right and generally sees him well. And that signal that many thought was a curveball was actually a slider that Ramon hit so it definitely wasn't the pitch that was tipped.Like I just illustrated in my previous post, pitchers and catchers are taught to have more elaborate signals than that. This is little league status. And again, what is the batter thinking in this situation? If you dont think a batter is more on alert for a possible curve after that (especially after Greinke has announced his pitches in the past), then I dont know what to tell you.